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Why does a decrease in world poverty matter in a thread about living on $2 a day? I really don’t care about your stats, make your own post if you wanna talk ab
by aspaceman 7y ago
Why does a decrease in world poverty matter in a thread about living on $2 a day?
I really don’t care about your stats, make your own post if you wanna talk about them. My point is that folks like you redirect the topic because you’re uncomfortable with reality.
I don’t think we’re anywhere close to “celebrating”
- dalbasal 7y ago...because it's a thread about people living on $2 per day. Would you say the trend is irrelevant if it was negative and things were getting worse? How is talking about poverty trends irrelevant deflection? I totally disagree with the sentiment that being change oriented means avoiding positive news.
- AmericanChopper 7y ago> Why does a decrease in world poverty matter in a thread about living on $2 a day Because if the population living in poverty has decreased by 1 billion in 25 years, then were clearly doing the right things to reduce poverty. If you think reducing poverty is a bad thing because you’d only accept a solution that eliminates it instantaneously, then I’d question your priorities.
- phaus 7y agoAside from the fact that its obviously relevant, maybe it was mentioned because the thread is about an article that opens with some of those same statistics on the reduction of poverty.
- smallgovt 7y ago>> Why does a decrease in world poverty matter in a thread about living on $2 a day? Because the definition of poverty is $1.9/day or less. Did you read the article?